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 INDIANAPOLIS -- IndyCar rookie Josef Newgarden had surgery on his finger Tuesday and will miss this weekends race at Baltimore. . Newgarden will be replaced in Sundays race by Bruno Junqueira, who has run just seven laps in IndyCar since 2008. Newgarden broke his left index finger in a frightening crash with Sebastien Bourdais in Sundays race at Sonoma. Newgarden and Bourdais were racing for position when Bourdais went wide on the course. Apparently struggling to turn the car, Bourdais then ran into Newgarden and both cars went off course. Newgarden slammed hard into a wall of tires. "Im really disappointed to not be in the car this weekend but I know Bruno will do a great job for SFHR," Newgarden said. "Ill be in Baltimore helping Bruno and the team in any way I can and focusing on healing for Fontana." Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing hopes to have Newgarden back for the Sept. 15 season finale at Fontana. The team turned to Junqueira, who ran 16 of 18 IndyCar races in 2008. Junqueira has 21 career starts in IndyCar, but ran 101 races in CART. He has eight career victories and finished second in the CART championship three times. "It is lucky that we were able to call on Bruno for this weekends race," team co-owner Sarah Fisher said. "He has had great results prior to climbing into the No. 67 car, and I hope we can give him the right platform to bring home a solid finish this weekend in Baltimore. I know Josef is disappointed in the circumstances, as we all are, but this team is being built around him and his seat will be ready for him when hes ready. We look forward to a healthy and speedy recovery for Josef." Junqueira is running full-time in the American Le Mans Series and won at Mosport Park in Canada. Hell be running both the ALMS race on Saturday for Rocketsports Racing and the IndyCar race on Sunday at Baltimore. "I am very happy to be back in IndyCar with SFHR for the Baltimore race weekend," Junqueira said. "Sarahs team is very organized and has been fast all season. They have done a great job with Josef and I hope to give them a good race weekend in Baltimore while Josef is healing." . Darvish was in command again, matching his major-league high with 11 strikeouts over eight innings as the AL West-leading Rangers beat the Houston Astros 6-2 on Friday night. . The 38-year-old Dotel had been sidelined since June 3 with right elbow inflammation. In 21 appearances this season prior to the DL stint, Dotel compiled a 1-2 record with a 4. . -- Real Madrid scored early and often in outclassing the Los Angeles Galaxy on Thursday, opening a four-game U. . Now that qualifies as fear mongering, but considering how entrenched both the league and the players association are with less than 10 days until the expiration of the existing collective bargaining agreement, sources on both sides are accepting the loss of another season as a possibility. . The English were fortunate to take Sundays quarterfinal match to a penalty shootout, which they lost, after being outclassed in Kyiv. It wasnt an isolated incident. Despite holding France and beating Sweden and Ukraine, England spent a great deal of time on the back foot at Euro 2012.LAC MEGANTIC, Que. -- Svein Tuft earned his eighth title at the Canadian Road Championships on Thursday. The Langley, B.C., native has now won the event five years in a row after posting a time of 47 minutes 26 seconds on the 39-kilometre course. "I have been putting a lot of emphasis in the time trials," said Tuft. "I recovered well from the Giro dItalia, and today it is the dedication of all the efforts that the technical team has made. It was perfect today. Im really happy." Christian Meier of Sus***, N.B., took second place 2:08 behind Tufts time, while Hugo Houle of Sainte--Perpetue, Que. . , finished third and also ranked as the top under-23 rider. Winnipegs Clara Hughes meanwhile won the womens event in 39:42 on the same day she learned shell represent Canada in the Olympic road cycling event. Hughes won two cycling bronze medals at the 1996 Atlanta Games and hasnt participated in a Summer Olympics since 2000. "Today it was important for me to win here," she said. "I love wearing the Canadian champion jersey." Rhae-Christie Shaw of Amherstburg, Ont., finished 1:40 behind Hughes while Calgarys Julie Beveridge was third. ' ' '